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Arctic is Getting Darker, Absorbing More Heat; Study Finds
2014-02-18 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The North Pole has gotten darker in the past few years due to sea ice loss. The rapid melting of sea ice in Arctic has resulted in the region trapping more heat than before, according to a new study. The present study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California and colleagues used three decades' worth of satellite data and found that arctic darkening was two or three times more than previous estimates, Associated Press reported. Explaining Arctic darkening, Ian Eisenman,...
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